Fly-killing device



G. M. HANNON.

FL. KILLING DEVICE. ;wmcmou men ocr. n. 1919.

Pafend May 18, 1920.

62eme GEORGE HANNON, or BELTQN, TEXAS.

ELY-KILLING nnvxcn.

To all whom z't may concem:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. I 1A}TNON, a citizen of the United States, res1d1ng at Belton,in the ounty of Bell and State of Texas, have invented new and useful l nprovements in Fly-Killing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is the provision of a device designed more. espacially for killing or swatting flics on the ceiling or high portions of the side walls of an apartment; the device being simple and inexpensive in construction, but w1t h 1ts parts so relatively arranged that the killing blade may be qmckly struck against a ce1ling or a Wall bya person standing on the fior of the apartment.

Oth er practical advantages of the invention Will be fully understood from the following description and 'claims, when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of the killing de- Vice or swatter constituting the best practical embodimnt of my invention of which I am cognizant.

Fig. 21's an elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 1. A

' Fig. 3 is an eniarged cross-section taken through the blade of the device in the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view diagrammatic' in character and illustrating the.capacity of the blade of the device to assume a position flatwise against the ceiling of an apartment. Similar numerals of reference designate coriesponding parts in all of the views of .the drawings.

The blade of my novel swatter is made up of a frame l, carrying 3. section of screen wire 2 andcovered with rubber or its equivalent 3, with a view torecluding the possibility of the blade scratching or "marring furniture or wall paper.

In addition to the blade, my swattei comprises a handl e 4, a slender and highly resilient shank 5 and an arm 6, carried by the handle 4 at the same end as the shank 5 and having an eye 7 that loosely receives the said shank 5 with a view to enablingthe blade to strike flatwise against a ceiling or Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application flled October il, 1919. Serial No. 329,932.

'wall irrespective of the angle at which the handle 4 is manipulated. See in this connection Fig. 4. The handle 4 is preferably about three feet in length, and for the sake of lightness is made of a piece of cane, a1

though other light material may be resorted to without affecting my invention. A thimble 8 is suitably secured on one end of the handle 4, andthe shank 5 is fastened by means of said thimble in the end portion of the handle. It Will be noticed in this connection that the arm 6 is joined to the shank 5 through the medium of a long loop 9, and

that the said 100p, formed in part by the shank 5, is socketed in the thimble and the handle 4. It Will also be noticed that the eye 7 on the arm 6 enables the blade to assume various angles to the handle 4 by reason of the shank 5 being adapted to play freely through the eye, and that when the blade is relieved of pressure or stress, the eye 7 by acting upon the shank 5 assures the return o f the blade to its normal position 2'. e., in alinement with the handl.

In using my novel device, a person standing upon the fioor of the apartment strikes the blade against the ceilin after the manner shown in Fig. 4, and rom this it Will be appreciated that my novel device is highly efficient in se killing flies. It WilI also be appreciated that by reason of the construction described, the person using the device is enabled to strike quickly and surely.

Having described my invention, what 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s v 1. A fly killing device comprising a handle, a blade spaced*from one end of the handle, a resilient shank on the blade, and a resilient arm having an eye that loosely re-' handle and having an eye that lOosely receives said resilient shank.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si nature. GEORGE .M. HAN ON, 

